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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
2
Two Seal Beach officers responded to a blaze at the Harbor Motel on Bay Boulevard near Landing Avenue around 2 am. They helped a man extinguish flames from a cigarette left burning in a motel room after he woke to smoke filled unit.
A dedication at J H McGaugh Intermediate School marked the official opening of Seal Beach’s new Rame Lake School. Fay McGaugh, first superintendent and namesake, thanked trustees staff PTA and county officials for 27 years of service as the district reflects on its history.
Robert J. Whelan of 1405 Ocean Avenue attempted hanging with an electric cord in a clothes closet while living with a couple who left for shopping. Found groaning, he was taken to Long Beach Veterans Hospital and showed improvement the next day. he had been arrested days earlier for excessive drinking.
Police officers on a routine patrol spotted a parked car near the Hellman property north of Main Street at 2 30 a m. The driver sped away at over 100 mph before being stopped at the west city limits of Huntington Beach. Inside were two boys and a girl under 21 who said they were on probation from Long Beach.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4048 sponsors a dance this Saturday at 319 Yorktown Huntington Beach. Morey Young and His C Notes will play. Admission is fifty cents.
Ernest R. Muse of 529 Central Avenue died Monday morning after Thanksgiving Day heart attack. A former Seal Beach council member, he retired from Southern Pacific Railroad about ten years ago. Survived by wife Helen two sisters and a brother. funeral at Mottell's and Peek Mortuary in Long Beach with interment at Westminster Memorial Park.
Lakewood Park Corporation plans subdivision streets starting in March 1956 with home construction to follow. Louis Boyer states a surety bond will be provided as required by Sea Beach officials, and a new fire station site is not part of the project.
Charles Roy formerly of Seal Beach moved to Lafayette Louisiana three years ago and died Sunday morning November 27 at 4 04 am. He was born January 8 1908 and survived by his widow Lois Roy of Lafayette two sons Charles Jr and Harry a daughter Maude Begnaud and siblings in Louisiana. Funeral services were held Monday at the Delhomme Funeral Home with ministers from Baton Rouge and Lafayette officiating.
Elizabeth Bradshaw, 73, of the Seal Beach Trailer Park, passed away last Friday November 25. She came from Derby England and lived in Seal Beach 20 years, worked as a nurse before retiring. Funeral services were held at Dilday Chapel Long Beach with interment at Westminster Memorial Park.
Seal Beach officer William R. Dowdy 28 resigns to join Phoenix police. Born and raised in Seal Beach he studied police science at Harbor Junior College and began with Seal Beach PD in May 1952. He travels with wife Helen and two daughters to Phoenix where he reports to the police academy on December 5 and will be assigned after four weeks of training.
Two parked station wagons were broken into Tuesday night and the radios removed by unknown thieves. Robert Hall, 1321 Ocean Avenue, reported his 1954 Ford wagon at Ocean Avenue and 14th Street. Frank Glaun, 1319 Ocean Avenue, reported his 1956 Ford wagon in the apartment house car park. Both newcomers to Seal Beach, Hall from Nebraska and Glaun from Texas.
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